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On Human Bondage: After Slavery and Social Death
John Bodel (Ed.)
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Description for On Human Bondage: After Slavery and Social Death
Hardcover. On Human Bondage a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson s groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies. Editor(s): Bodel, John; Scheidel, Walter. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 654.
On Human Bondage—a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson’s groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death—assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies.
- Discusses the novel ideas of social death and natal alienation, as Patterson first presented them 35 years ago and as they are understood today
- Brings together exciting new work by a group of esteemed historians of slavery, as well as a final chapter by Patterson himself that responds to and expands upon the other contributions
- Provides insights into slave societies around the world and across time, from classical Greece and Rome to modern ... Read more
- Delves into a wide range of topics, including the reformation of social identity after slavery, the new historicist approach to slavery, rituals of enslavement and servitude, questions of honor and dishonor, and symbolic imagery of slavery
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Ancient World: Comparative Histories
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781119162483
SKU
V9781119162483
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About John Bodel (Ed.)
John Bodel is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics and Professor of History at Brown University, USA. He studies ancient Roman history and Latin literature and has special interests in epigraphy, slavery in antiquity, Roman religion, funerals and burial customs, writing systems, and the ancient novel. His books include two other co‐edited volumes in Wiley’s Comparative History series: Household ... Read more
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